Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-05-14
FISH AND PlSR CULTURE.
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aasjooal authority v what y keeping ~
seresms from bsing deplelsd q nod Ashes
RiveeS and oreeks IN shis staAe Wego ~ ~
ooming empty until the commissloae1 -.
! gun work In lS73, when We ara appFops1a
tioa We ussd. Although the nsh commits
ebs sevsn yeasA when u Was esealed therl
arose considerable indigussioa In sll ssesioas,
end tbs only reesou Tor thoss oppuslnR u
wss that ths eassrpriss would bsus6t 10 one
bus spostsdAsn.
The bnard hes In operation three hatohlng
| stations; the Eastsrn q Atlsntown, NE
Weoeoen q CORY and The Centfal q Era
! TIE one near Allsutowu, which wos removed
from Dooe9aI, this county, several ysasu
| sgo y devoted largely 70 The bfseding oi
brook and CAilioeniA trout end 0semsa
carp That q Cory hssohss trout ohisny,
Eeis's white nsh, which ere only caught In
The laksa Over hundred thousand dollars
we're sxpsudsd lass year upon these batch
ssisa, end their products srs doubtless worth
double the sum expsodsd. The present
communication h composed OF John Gay, ol
0resusburg, president; Arthur AaginniA,
swim wasss. Monroe county; Augustus
Duncan, Chambersburg A. u. Spangles,
3
Charles Porter, CORY.
saAD AND rIsHwAYA
The psopls close 70 the Susqushsnna above
tho Columbia dam have ever since ~ ooo.
structiou blamed Il for The scarcity Of shed
found In the waters OF their viciutty. They
claimed tho fishermen below Il shing!od the
oourse, nshed constantly, which y against
the Law and the Ashways In the dam we're
10 built that shad would not sscend them.
Several diffsrent devices have been tested TO
remedy the latter complaint but oil failed.
Now the results OF . Canadian inveution
erected Lest fail STE being waeohed, and Il y
thought will solve the problem. The com.
missionsrs know they caanot provide free
pamage 70 the spawning grounds any TOO
soon. They know thss the fry OF the lev
shed, which manageto scale the dam u near.
" all destroyed in the fall BY baskets and
the basA
Bsfors the dam obstructsd them the shad
fisheries q Marietta, BAiabridge. Middle.
town, Harrisburg snd points further up
we're oil successful. The batteries still 70.
main, and II the Ash bridge ct the dam H.
passable they will 10 put In order and used.
There were several excellent pools ct the
above points covered In the Olden time ; that
at the head Of the Conewsgo falls was one OF
the bsss
During the heavy leo frsshet In 1875 part
Of the dam was torn out and the following
spring at least fve thousand shad were
caught The uext season, however, when
the breaks were repaired, the catch did not
pay for the wear OF the seineA
Shsd are % prolific that stocking u not
necessary II their natural habits sre not intsr.
tered with. II the commissiou provide 0
c0urDo over Tho dam enough will reach the
proper spawning grounds 70 make them q.
ways hereafter more plentiful than at
present
Another kind OF fish will b bsnsntted II
the dam chute u succss.ful, and that u rock.
nsh. They ere migratory, and come and 90
with the shad.
THE BLACK BASS.
The commission never bad nor ever will
have any trouble with black hasa They are
Of the few species which can amply take
care OF themselves No other fish protect
their young - bass do, and no kind In this
section sre moro prolific They were intro.
duced In the Susqushsnns In 1868 BY private
partiea Several hundred young nsh were
put 10 the river short distances above Har.
risburg. The results have bsen remarkable
To-day this is one Of the bsst fishing rtven
In the county. Thoussuds OF boats cover
the stream aud Its large tributaries, the
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